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Ridgewood NJ, The 51st anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 can be a good time for everyone to take some time to get outside, even if current conditions mean a community event to celebrate isn’t available. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to honor the Earth in your own backyard.
Continue reading Your Backyard Isn’t Cancelled: Six Tips To Celebrate Earth Day Right At Home
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Ridgewood NJ, the National Weather Service has issued a FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY. Sub-freezing temperatures around 30 expected. Impacting in New Jersey, Eastern Passaic and Western Bergen Counties. In New York, Rockland and Northern Westchester Counties. From 2 AM to 9 AM EDT Thursday.
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Ridgewood NJ, After the guilty verdict in the George Floyd murder trial, President Joe Biden proclaimed, “It ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism. Systemic racism — a stain on our nation’s soul.” He also referred to the fact that other police officers testified against Derek Chauvin.
Continue reading The George Floyd Verdict: Guilty as Charged, But is it Systemic Racism?
The power generation market is expected to grow significantly in the next decade. According to a report from Statista, the volume of electricity generated globally has increased over the last few years and shows no sign of slowing down. Power generation happens through non-renewable or conventional and renewable sources of energy. Even though fossil fuels dominated the power generation industry in the past, new sources have been gaining adoption in recent years. Because of the increased demand for electricity, this has also fueled power generation activities. This guide will cover the different equipment used in power generation industries and their benefit to the companies.
Continue reading How Power Generation Industries Do Their Job And What Equipment Do They Use
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Ridgewood NJ, the National Weather Service warns that isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible Wednesday afternoon and early evening, with damaging winds as the primary threat. This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey and southeast New York.
BELMONT AVE IN GLEN ROCK IS CLOSED DUE TO A TREE DOWN. THERE WILL BE A DELAY IN SCHOOL TRAFFIC
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PASSAIC...NORTHERN BERGEN...NORTHWESTERN ESSEX...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...WESTERN PUTNAM AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES... At 123 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Highview to near Frenchtown. Movement was northeast at 65 mph. Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail are possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Wayne, New City, Newburgh, Middletown, West Milford, Ridgewood, Peekskill, Monsey, Nanuet, Ramsey, Ringwood, Haverstraw, Pompton Lakes, Suffern and Monroe. These storms may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio stations and available television stations for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM EDT for northeastern New Jersey...and southeastern New York.
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Ridgewood NJ, on April 13, 2021, CDC and FDA recommended a pause in the use of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine. Of the nearly 7 million doses administered so far in the United States, a small number of reports of a rare and severe type of blood clot have been reported in people after receiving the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine. All reports occurred among women between the ages of 18 and 48, and symptoms occurred six to 13 days after vaccination. As of April 13, 2021, of the more than 180 million doses administered so far of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, no reports matching those associated with the J&J/Janssen vaccine have been received.
Continue reading What to Do If You Have Already Received the J&J/Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine
Imagine a scenario where your car is moving very fast down the road, but suddenly you find a need to slam on the brakes or risk running over a person or object yet safety fails which ultimately results in a car accident.
Continue reading The Professionals You Need To Call After Experiencing A Car Accident
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TRENTON NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today issued a statewide directive to law enforcement instructing prosecutors to waive mandatory parole disqualifiers—commonly known as mandatory minimum prison terms—for non-violent drug offenses.
These days, marijuana growers don’t have much trouble selecting quality weed seeds. Seed companies have paid attention to detailing the customers, from the old-school weed aficionados to medicinal marijuana users. However, the number of companies and marijuana seed varieties available in the market can make your head spin. Suppose you’re into the cultivation of marijuana. In that case, you want to pick seeds to achieve a quality harvest with optimal growing conditions.
Continue reading Tactics of identifying the best marijuana seeds in the market
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Ridgewood NJ, 111th annual Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration Monday, July 5, 2021 . Please join us for our annual flag raising ceremony in Wilsey Square at 9am on July 5th. Please follow all local and state social distancing guidelines when attending this event. We will also being streaming the ceremony live on our Facebook page.
Check back soon for more details regarding the 2021 Celebration . Please consider making a donation to keep our great tradition alive! https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GVYWEVF3BAGPJ
THANKS TO ALL WHO SUPPORT, VOLUNTEER, DONATE AND WORK TO MAKE OUR CELEBRATION A GREAT SUCCESS YEAR AFTER YEAR!
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There is an endless number of cleaning products on the market, and all of them have listed all of the ingredients that make them up. While this may be helpful to make online searches of these ingredients easier, it might not help you to know which ones are the most effective. This is why we’ve come up with these most effective ingredients that you should keep an eye out for the next time you shop for cleaning products or decide to make your own.
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Water heating is essential for many of our daily chores. Whether it’s for taking a steamy bath or doing the dishes, heated water is needed in our daily lives. Ages ago, hot springs were used for this purpose but with technological advancements, new ways of water heating have been invented. While some of these ways are good for our planet, some aren’t. Burning fossil fuels to warm water is an outdated method that is still used today in developing countries, and such practice needs to be abolished because it’s doing more harm than good.
Continue reading Professional And More Nature-friendly Solutions For Your Water Heating
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Ridgewood NJ, from Politico , “Nearly every Democrat in New York’s House delegation said Tuesday that they won’t back tax hikes to fund President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package without a full repeal of the $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions.”
Continue reading Democrats Demand SALT Deduction Cap Eliminated for Blue State Millionaires
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Ridgewood NJ, despite all the media hyperbole according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that just 29% of Likely U.S. Voters say laws requiring photo identification at the polls discriminate against some voters. Sixty-two percent (62%) say voter ID laws don’t discriminate. (To see survey question wording, click here.)Most voters say it’s more important to prevent cheating in elections than to make it easier to vote and, by more than a two-to-one margin, they reject claims that voter ID laws are discriminatory.
Continue reading Poll: 62% Don’t Think Voter ID Laws Discriminate
